MA H173

Bill

Promoting opportunity in the hospitality industry

Introduced
01/23/2017

In Committee
01/23/2017

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

190th General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to promoting opportunity in the hospitality industry by further regulating the selling, offering to sell or delivering of alcoholic beverages. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.

AI Summary

This bill aims to promote opportunity in the hospitality industry by further regulating the selling, offering to sell, or delivering of alcoholic beverages. Specifically, it prohibits regulations that would prohibit the practice of selling, offering to sell, or delivering drinks at a price less than the regular price for a period longer than 4 days, except at private functions not open to the public. The bill also requires the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission to conduct an investigation and study the impacts of this change, and report back to the legislature by December 31, 2018.

Committee Categories

Labor and Employment

Sponsors (5)

Kevin Kuros (R)*, Angelo D'Emilia (R), Ryan Fattman (R), Paul Frost (R), Jeff Roy (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H4638 (on 07/02/2018)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H173

(11 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H173
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H173.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H141	Further regulating storage of alcoholic beverages	No further action taken	Similar To
H152	Relative to the sale of alcoholic beverages	Accompanied a study order, see H4638	Similar To
H1560	Increasing the excise tax on alcoholic beverages	Accompanied a study order, see H4244	Similar To
H180	Allowing full faith and credit to personal identification	Accompanied a new draft, see H4384	Similar To
H1990	Relative to the constitutionality of statutes in case of invalidation of any provision	Accompanied a study order, see H4638	Similar To
H25	Relative to enhancing Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission background checks	Accompanied a new draft, see H4350	Similar To
H4638	Consumer Protection	Discharged to the committee on House Rules	Replaced by
S160	Relative to enhancing Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission background checks	Hearing scheduled for 05/16/2017 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in A-1	Similar To
S164	Relative to investigators at the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission	Hearing scheduled for 06/06/2017 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in A-1	Similar To
S2051	Authorizing the town of Palmer to issue an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises	Enacted and laid before the Governor	Similar To
S2095	Relative to donations for municipal events	Hearing rescheduled to 09/12/2017 from 02:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1	Similar To

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